no smoke without fire

proverb

Gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact.

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Meanings

proverb

alternative there's no smoke without fire · alternative where there's smoke, there's fire

  1. Gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact.

Translations

Arabic لاَ دُخَانَ بِلاَ نَارٍ
  • لاَ دُخَانَ بِلاَ نَارٍgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Bengali অকারণে কিছুই ঘটে না
  • অকারণে কিছুই ঘটে না (okarone kichui ghoṭe na)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Catalan quan els gossos lladren, alguna cosa senten, si l'olla bull, alguna cosa hi ha
  • quan els gossos lladren, alguna cosa sentengossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • si l'olla bull, alguna cosa hi hagossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • si hi ha fum, hi ha focgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Chinese Cantonese 無風不起浪 /无风不起浪, 無火不生煙 /无火不生烟
  • 無風不起浪 /无风不起浪 (mou⁴ fung¹ bat¹ hei² long⁶)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • 無火不生煙 /无火不生烟 (mou⁴ fo² bat¹ sang¹ jin¹)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Chinese Mandarin 無風不起浪 /无风不起浪, 蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋 /苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋
  • 無風不起浪 /无风不起浪 (wú fēng bù qǐ làng)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • 蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋 /苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋 (cāngying bù dīng wú fèng de dàn)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • 無火不生煙 /无火不生烟 (wú huǒ bù shēng yān)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Czech na každém šprochu pravdy trochu
  • na každém šprochu pravdy trochugossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Dutch waar rook is, is vuur, geen rook zonder vuur
  • waar rook is, is vuurgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • geen rook zonder vuurgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Esperanto ne ekzistas fumo sen fajro
  • ne ekzistas fumo sen fajrogossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Finnish ei savua ilman tulta
  • ei savua ilman tultagossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
French il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu
  • il n'y a pas de fumée sans feugossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
German kein Rauch ohne Feuer, wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuer
  • kein Rauch ohne Feuergossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • wo Rauch ist, ist auch Feuergossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • irgendetwas ist immer drangossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Greek δεν υπάρχει καπνός χωρίς φωτιά
  • δεν υπάρχει καπνός χωρίς φωτιά (den ypárchei kapnós chorís fotiá)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Hebrew אין עשן בלי אש
  • אין עשן בלי אש (ein ashán bli esh)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Hungarian nem zörög a haraszt, ha a szél nem fújja
  • nem zörög a haraszt, ha a szél nem fújjagossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Indonesian ada bau, ada bangkainya
  • ada bau, ada bangkainyagossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Italian non c'è fumo senza arrosto
  • non c'è fumo senza arrostogossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Japanese 火のないところに煙は立たない
  • 火のないところに煙は立たない (hi no nai tokoro ni kemuri wa tatanai)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Korean 아니 땐 불에 연기 나랴, 아니 땐 굴뚝에 연기 날까
  • 아니 땐 불에 연기 나랴 (ani ttaen bure yeon'gi narya)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • 아니 땐 굴뚝에 연기 날까 (ani ttaen gulttuge yeon'gi nalkka)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Norwegian Bokmål der er ingen røyk uten ild
  • der er ingen røyk uten ildgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Polish nie ma dymu bez ognia
  • nie ma dymu bez ogniagossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Portuguese não há fumaça sem fogo
  • não há fumaça sem fogogossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Romanian nu iese fum fără foc
  • nu iese fum fără focgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Russian нет ды́ма без огня́
  • нет ды́ма без огня́ (net dýma bez ognjá)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Spanish cuando el río suena, agua lleva, no hay humo sin fuego
  • cuando el río suena, agua llevagossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • no hay humo sin fuegogossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Swedish ingen rök utan eld
  • ingen rök utan eldgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Thai ไม่มีมูลฝอยหมาไม่ขี้, ไม่มีมูลหมาไม่ขี้
  • ไม่มีมูลฝอยหมาไม่ขี้ (mâi-mii-muun-fɔ̌i-mǎa-mâi-kîi)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
  • ไม่มีมูลหมาไม่ขี้ (mâi-mii-muun-mǎa-mâi-kîi)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Turkish ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmaz
  • ateş olmayan yerden duman çıkmazgossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Ukrainian нема́ ди́му без вогню́
  • нема́ ди́му без вогню́ (nemá dýmu bez vohnjú)gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Vietnamese không có lửa làm sao có khói
  • không có lửa làm sao có khóigossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact
Cite this entry
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no smoke without fire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20smoke%20without%20fire

MLA

“no smoke without fire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/no%20smoke%20without%20fire. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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